22nd AVN Awards
The 22nd AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News, took place January 8, 2005 at the Venetian Hotel Grand Ballroom, at Paradise, Nevada, U.S.A. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards, referred to as the Oscars of porn, in nearly 100 categories honoring the best pornographic films released between Oct. 1, 2003 to Sept. 30, 2004. The ceremony, televised in the United States by Playboy TV, was produced and directed by Gary Miller. Comedian Thea Vidale hosted the show for the first time with adult film star Savanna Samson.
The Masseuse won the most awards on the night with seven, including Best Film. The Collector won four awards. Other winners included: Bella Loves Jenna, In the Garden of Shadows, 1 Night in Paris and Stuntgirl with three wins apiece.
Winners and nominees
The nominees for the 22nd AVN Awards were announced on November 12, 2004. The Masseuse and The Collector received the most nominations with 16 each; Misty Beethoven: The Musical was next with 15.The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 8, 2005. Adult film star Jenna Jameson was the year's biggest winner. Besides starring in both Best Film winner The Masseuse and Best Video Feature winner Bella Loves Jenna, she won individual awards for Best Actress–Film, Best All-Girl Sex Scene–Film and Best Couples Sex Scene–Film, all for The Masseuse.
Major awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.| Best Video Feature | Best Film |
Bella Loves Jenna
| The Masseuse |
| Best Interactive DVD | Best New Starlet |
| Groupie Love | Cytherea |
| Male Performer of the Year | Female Performer of the Year |
| Manuel Ferrara | Lauren Phoenix |
| Best Actor—Video | Best Actress—Video |
| Barrett Blade, Loaded | Jessica Drake, Fluff and Fold |
| Best Actor—Film | Best Actress—Film |
| Justin Sterling, The Masseuse | Jenna Jameson, The Masseuse |
| Best Director—Video | Best Director—Film |
| David Stanley, Pretty Girl | Paul Thomas, The Masseuse |
| Best Supporting Actress—Video | Top Selling Title of the Year |
| Ashley Blue, Adore | 1 Night in Paris |
| Ashley Blue, Adore | Top Renting Title of the Year |
| Ashley Blue, Adore | 1 Night in Paris |
| Best All-Sex Release | Best Ethnic-Themed Release—Black |
| Stuntgirl | Pimpfomation XXX |
| Best Gonzo Series | Best Anal Sex Scene |
| Jack's Playground | Katsumi, Lexington Steele, Lex Steele XXX 3 |
| Best Couples Sex Scene—Video | Best Couples Sex Scene—Film |
| Venus, Manuel Ferrara, Stuntgirl | Jenna Jameson, Justin Sterling, The Masseuse |
| Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video | Best Three-Way Sex Scene—Video |
| Audrey Hollander, Gia Paloma, Ashley Blue, Tyla Wynn, Brodi, Kelly Kline, The Violation of Audrey Hollander | Dani Woodward, Barrett Blade, Kurt Lockwood, Erotic Stories: Lovers and Cheaters |
Additional Award Winners
These awards were announced, but not presented, in two pre-recorded winners-only segments during the event. Trophies were given to the recipients off-stage:DIRECTOR AWARDSBest Director—Foreign Release: Narcis Bosch, Hot RatsBest Director—Non-Feature: Jack the Zipper, Stuntgirl
MARKETING AWARDSBest DVD Packaging: Millionaire, Private North America/Pure PlayBest Marketing Website: Evil Angel.comBest Overall Marketing Campaign—Company Image: ClubJennaBest Overall Marketing Campaign—Individual Project: 1 Night in Paris, Red Light DistrictBest Retail Website: Adult DVD Empire.com and Best VHS Packaging: Island Fever 3, Digital Playground
PERFORMER AWARDSBest Male Newcomer: Tommy GunnBest Non-Sex Performance: Mike Horner, The CollectorBest Supporting Actor—Film: Rod Fontana, The 8th SinBest Supporting Actor—Video: Randy Spears, Fluff and FoldBest Supporting Actress—Film: Lesley Zen, Bare StageBest Tease Performance: Vicky Vette, MetropolisFemale Foreign Performer of the Year: KatsumiMale Foreign Performer of the Year: Steve HolmesTranssexual Performer of the Year: Vicki Richter
PRODUCTION AWARDS'Best Amateur Series: Homegrown VideoBest Classic DVD: Deep Throat
Production Best Sex Comedy: Misty Beethoven: The Musical
SEX SCENE AWARDSBest All-Girl Sex Scene—Film: Jenna Jameson, Savanna Samson, The MasseuseBest Group Sex Scene—Film: Katsumi, Savanna Samson, Alec Metro, Dual IdentityBest Group Sex Scene—Video: Venus, Ariana Jollee, Staci Thorn, Zena, Louisa, Trinity, Jasmine, Nike, Melanie X, Bishop, D. Wise, Julian St. Jox, L.T., Mark Anthony, Tyler Knight, 2 others, Orgy World: The Next Level 7Best Oral Sex Scene—Film: Jessica Drake, Chris Cannon, Cheyne Collins, The CollectorBest Oral Sex Scene—Video: Ava Devine, Francesca Le, Guy DiSilva, Rod Fontana, Steven French, Scott Lyons, Mario Rossi, Arnold Schwarzenpecker, Cum Swallowing Whores 2Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production: Anna, Auxanna, Camilla, Daria, Gianna, Katia, Linda, Venus, Maria, Victoria, Rocco Siffredi, Rocco Ravishes RussiaBest Solo Sex Scene: Penny Flame, Repo GirlMost Outrageous Sex Scene: Chloe, Ava Vincent and Randy Spears in “Randy's Singing Penis,” Misty Beethoven: The Musical
TECHNICAL AWARDSBest Cinematography: Andrew Blake, FlirtsBest Editing—Film: Sonny Malone, The MasseuseBest Editing—Video: Justin Sterling, Bella Loves JennaBest Music: Lloyd Banks, Groupie LoveBest Screenplay—Film: Brad Armstrong, ''The Collector''
Honorary AVN Awards
Reuben Sturman Award
Hall of Fame
AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 2005 were: James Avalon, Seymore Butts, Rod Fontana, Kylie Ireland, C. J. Laing, Francesca Lé, Mai Lin, Jim Powers, Serenity, Shane, Steven St. Croix, Taylor WaneMultiple nominations and awards
The following releases received the most nominations.| Nominations | Movie |
| 16 | The Collector |
| 16 | The Masseuse |
| 15 | Misty Beethoven: The Musical |
| 14 | Bella Loves Jenna |
| 13 | The 8th Sin |
| 11 | Eye of the Beholder |
| 11 | Loaded |
| 11 | Millionaire |
| 10 | Café Flesh 3 |
| 10 | Dinner Party 3 |
| 10 | Fluff and Fold |
| 9 | Bare Stage |
| 9 | Hustler's Taboo |
| 9 | In the Garden of Shadows |
The following 14 releases received multiple awards:
| Awards | Movie |
| 7 | The Masseuse |
| 4 | The Collector |
| 3 | Bella Loves Jenna |
| 3 | In the Garden of Shadows |
| 3 | 1 Night in Paris |
| 3 | Stuntgirl |
| 2 | Fluff and Fold |
| 2 | Groupie Love |
| 2 | Hot Rats |
| 2 | Island Fever 3 |
| 2 | Millionaire |
| 2 | Misty Beethoven: The Musical |
| 2 | Pretty Girl |
| 2 | The Violation of Audrey Hollander |
Presenters and performers
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers or comedy.Ceremony information
Two new categories were announced for this year's show – Best Interracial Release and Best P.O.V. Release. However, two other categories had insufficient entries to warrant a competition: Best Anal Sex Scene – Film and Adult Video Nudes, the latter for the worst release of the year. With the advent of digital video, emphasis started to shift to shot-on-video awards from shot-on-film awards. For the first time, the final award of the night was the Best Video Feature award, whereas in the past it had been the Best Film award. As well, the award for Best Supporting Actress—Video was moved on-stage into the main body of the awards show while the Best Supporting Actor—Film and Best Supporting Actress—Video awards were moved into the announcements segment with awards given off-stage.The show was plagued by several glitches and miscues. Among them, the most noticeable one came when Sean Michaels announced the winner for Best Actress—Film as being Savanna Samson instead of the correct winner, Jenna Jameson. He and co-presenter Jessica Jaymes tried to correct the error but were drowned out by the orchestra and Samson, who, as co-host, was in the wings changing costumes, ran onstage in a towel to collect the award. When told apologetically by Jaymes of the mistake, in an epic wardrobe malfunction, Samson dropped the towel and exited naked back to the off-stage changing area.
Earlier during the show, when Lit launched into its song, "My Own Worst Enemy", Jeremy Popoff knocked over his amplifier when he started playing and the musical performance was cut short. Lit came on again at the end of the show to redo the song so it would be recorded properly for television.
Besides being recorded for broadcast on Playboy TV, a DVD of the awards show was also issued by Devil's Film.
Performance of year's movies
The Paris Hilton sex tape, 1 Night in Paris, was announced as the adult movie industry's top selling movie and the top renting movie of the previous year.Critical reviews
London's Men's World magazine gave the show a positive review, calling comedian Thea Vidale "a hilarious host" and adding, "it was clear that the 2005 AVN Awards had been a big hit; it was quicker, slicker and better than previous years." The magazine also noted how well-dressed everyone was for the event, stating, "When the U.S. porn biz does glam, it does it 110 per cent." It concluded, "With music from Smash Mouth and rapper Chingy, it was a good evening, made better by the use of high speed video scrolls to list the many award categories that would bore an audience if they were done live, and little video vignettes including a comedy cracker about Ron Jeremy, which saw him playing the violin while 'factoids' popped up on-screen."Video reviewer Denny Recob similarly enjoyed the show: "The first thing I noticed about this year's show is the comedian was outstanding. Her jokes were funny and topical and she actually knew the correct porn slang and knew the correct pronunciation of the stars' names. This is a big improvement from previous years."